‘We were getting ready for bed and heard a huge crash. People were running, trying to get out. Then we saw dozens of robocops coming in with batons and helmets.
Genoa is one of the cities where, at the end of the Middle Ages, capitalism began to emerge. On 20 and 21 July 2001, it was the scene of mass protests against the system to which it had helped give birth.
‘The march through Genoa last Saturday was five times the size of the protest in Seattle in November 1999.
Over the past few months we have witnessed a surge in political activity against Con-Dem government policies. Many of those coming new to the struggle will be asking questions—about the injustices being committed, but also about the whole capitalist system.
Thousands of people will join the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival in Dorset this weekend to celebrate the birth of trade unionism in Britain.
Politicians are terrified of Rupert Murdoch.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s motto is "Expand or die"—and it seems to have served him well. Murdoch is one of the most powerful men in the world. His News Corporation owns newspapers, television and radio stations spanning five continents, including the disgraced News of the World in Britain.
News Corp is an enormous multinational with media and entertainment outlets across the globe.
At a drive-through McDonald’s in east London, News of the World journalists would hand over the wads of cash to police officers in return for information.
Ed Miliband’s denunciation of the 30 June strikes has been rightly condemned by the left.
The plague of racism continues to scar the world that we live in, even though there is no scientific basis whatsoever for the division of society into races. Race is a social construct that benefits our rulers.
The working class is back. That’s what last week’s magnificent public sector strikes showed. Some 750,000 workers in different unions struck together on Thursday of last week, 30 June. The solid action had a massive effect on schools, colleges, and civil service and council workplaces.
